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[ en ] tranceway . m . o . d . s. ([personal profile] vitaelamorte) wrote in [community profile] entrancelogs2018-12-11 09:21 pm

Here we are as in olden days, happy golden days of yore | OPEN

Who: E V E R Y O N E (Including our 4th wall guests!)
Where: Everywhere, one both Mirror and Real Side!
When: December 12th - December 18th (WEEK ONE)
Rating: PG-13, warn if going higher
Summary: This year's Ewaymas celebration rolls out the way it usually does, with intense decorating, a sudden snowfall and...far more arrivals than usual! New faces and old fill the mansion - but why would Wonderland bring so many people at once? And why do some of them remember Wonderland?
The Story:


On the evening before December 12th, the captives of Wonderland might be awoken by a loud commotion. Some of it is typical Ewaymas noise, likely familiar to anyone who has been in Wonderland for more than a year – construction sounds and jingle bells as Wonderland decks its own halls quite literally. Garland and lights race down the walls and down the stairs, and stockings appear on the walls for each and every person in Wonderland, embroidered with their names. There are decorative candles everywhere, and all sorts of decorations for every conceivable winter holiday, even if it does not align perfectly to the dates of Ewaymas. Time isn't real, so there will be menorahs and dreidels and Star of Davids even though Hanukkah ended two days prior. And of course, in the front hall, growing straight out of the floor, is a large decorated tree full of ornaments for everyone. And as always, it will have snowed heavily overnight, bringing all of the snow Wonderland will have between now and spring.

There is a second source of commotion in the night though – the sound of a crowd.

Over the course of the night, dozens of new arrivals will appear in Wonderland. Some for the first time. Some wondering how they managed to return with their memories. Others stumbling in with no recollection of ever having been here. Some might be friends from other timelines, other possibilities, and some might even be doubles of people who are already in Wonderland. It's strange for Wonderland to drag so many people into the mansion at once, but everything seems to indicate that they are supposed to be there. They have their own network devices and even have their own stockings on the wall and their own ornaments on the tree – by all accounts, it seems Wonderland expects that they'll be staying, and is treating them like any other new arrivals. Please, make them feel at home and help them settle in nicely.

The first few days will be for catching up with old friends and enjoying the decorations and settling into Wonderland. However, within a couple of days the decorations will start to glitch, much the way corrupted computer graphics might. Lights might change abruptly from multi-color to blue or white, entire décor styles will abruptly change, candle flames will flicker on and off like broken fluorescent lights, and any singing decorations might loop on a beat or two over and over putting you into an eternal hell. Wonderland doesn't seem to be able to stick to one motif, and it can't stop changing. These glitches are occurring on both the Real Side of Wonderland and the Mirror Side.

By the 15th, these glitches will include entire rooms changing into different holiday scenes. These scenes will all be of characters at various winter holidays in the past, the present (in their world), or a possible future. At this point in the event, characters will still be able to navigate the basic mansion and be able to exit these moments easily. These scenes cannot be interacted with – Wonderland seems to consider them another form of decorating. Unlike previous events of this type, these scenes will not loop at first. They will play once, and then Wonderland will glitch and correct itself to be the room it is supposed to be. The scene might play again, but it will be in a different location if it does.

By this point, Wonderland is having an increasingly difficult time holding itself together in a way that makes geographical sense. You might exit one room, even a room that was not previously playing a scene, and find yourself in the kitchen or on the roof instead of in the hallway. You might open a door that you were sure led to your room only to see a ten foot drop to the grounds outside.

This is the mingle log for WEEK ONE! For more information on this part of the event or any questions, please head over to the plot post, or check out our Fourth Wall Master Post for your other Fourth Wall event needs! Prose or [action brackets] are welcome. Please clearly indicate whether your character is on the Real Side or Mirror Side in your top levels. And of course, have fun! ♥
uncoils: (You love you learn)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-01 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but wait, you know what it could be?

[She has no idea, and figures it can't really hurt her worse than reality and what she knows of her future already did.]

What is it?
entreats: but better is no excuse for tonight (so you almost feel better)

[personal profile] entreats 2019-01-01 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you ever heard about parallel worlds? Worlds that are almost like the one you live in, but slightly different in some ways. Things playing out just a bit differently, people taking slightly different decisions.. I dealt with that stuff a lot back home before I ended up here.

[ Even if it was a fairly brief thing, it's a big enough deal to not forget so easily. ]

Maybe that would be a world where you never had to fight that priest you talked about. So your friend never died. [ Even if it doesn't explain the absence of the other person. ]
uncoils: (You cry you learn)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-01 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That...might be it.

[It's closer to the truth than Jolyne realizes at any rate. The answer's weird and involves Stand stuff she hasn't dealt with yet, so she wouldn't figure it out on her anyways.]

It'd explain why FF's not there. If I never ran into that guy, I wouldn't have met her. But I met most of my friends in prison, so I still would've met them?

[She frowns, trying to make sense of this.]

Is it always this confusing?
entreats: (and you could say just how you feel)

[personal profile] entreats 2019-01-02 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Usually it's even more confusing, trust me. [ Try dealing with reality-bending witches on top of it! Not that Ange knows the priest Jolyne talked about ends up being a reality-bender type himself.. ]

.. You guys seemed pretty happy there though.
uncoils: (You can see it when the smoke clears)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-03 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
...yeah. I don't get it, and I'm not really happy about seeing it, but...

[She sighs, not really being able to argue with that.]

It'd be nice to get a moment with everybody like that, even if it is impossible.
entreats: (she's seeing too clearly)

[personal profile] entreats 2019-01-03 01:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, never say never.

[ Says the girl who is pessimistic as hell about herself. But sshh, she can be a hypocrite when it's just important to her to not make friends feel bad. ]

This place is so weird that it could just bring us to parallel worlds one time for an event. Then you'd at least be able to experience it for a while yourself.
uncoils: (I set myself on fire)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-04 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know if I'd want that. Knowing it's just an event, or forgetting and then realizing after, that'd really suck.

[And yet it sounds like the exact type of crap she expects Wonderland to pull.]
entreats: (and you could say just how you feel)

[personal profile] entreats 2019-01-06 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, in that case.. probably best not to think too much about it.

[ Even though Wonderland already showed her this much now. ]

It's just a vision anyway. Who knows if it was real to begin with, even in some parallel world.
uncoils: (Walking around naked in your living room)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-08 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Trying, but I feel like that's easier said than done with Wonderland.

[It's such a pain in the ass sometimes. Or most of the time, really.]
entreats: (see i was dead)

[personal profile] entreats 2019-01-08 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Come on, you can do that, right? [ It's not even like she's really belittling it - not being able to let go of things sure is something Ange is familiar with, she knows how hard it is. But.. ]

Aren't you the cool and tough type? This place could never hope to win from you.

[ Kind of a light tease, since Ange feels close enough to Jolyne to actually try and joke a bit, but she does mean part of that genuinely too. ]
uncoils: (You love you learn)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-10 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Good grief.

[She doesn't mean anything by that, more just kind of sighing that this is the situation she's in.]

Yeah, I guess as the resident badass I guess I can do that much.

[Not that she really sees herself as such.]

I mean if you can try and give some encouraging words like that, which feels like it takes some effort, I'd be letting you down if I didn't.
entreats: (we're going for a drive)

[personal profile] entreats 2019-01-10 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. Do you have any idea how much effort it takes me to say kind of sappy stuff like that?

[ It sounds deadpan, but it's honestly not even that much of an exaggeration this time considering how difficult emotions are for Ange. ]

So that's good to hear. Keep it up.
uncoils: (Walking around naked in your living room)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-12 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know, a lot?

[Just a guess here.]

But hey, uh...thanks. This messed with my head a little, but talking with you about this helped a lot.
entreats: (to come back home)

[personal profile] entreats 2019-01-12 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. [ She just hums a little, but that's probably just Ange's version of "no problem" or "you're welcome".. ]

If you ever need to talk about something again, my room is room 88 on the ninth floor during times when this place doesn't turn itself into something outrageous.
uncoils: (You love you learn)

[personal profile] uncoils 2019-01-13 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Got it. Same goes for you, you know. If you're ever on the first floor and want to talk, I'm in room 101. And don't mind the walk, I guess.